“Still,” I continued, “we don’t have to worry about that until we find the princess. And to do that, I think we need to know if it’s Neomar or Melaina we’re dealing with. She said that she wished her family… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“You really told them you wanted to marry me?” I asked. The smile had taken over his whole face now. “I told you before: I fell under your spell before you even knew you had magic, before you saved a kingdom, back when there was no chance you would be allowed to marry me. Nothing’s really changed since then, except… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share
“I turned the page, but there was no more about the princess. Instead, it went on to an account of a merchant’s wife and her petition. I sat back, letting the book fall closed, my hand between the pages. “But we knew all that,” Kiernan said angrily from over my shoulder. “Couldn’t she have written a little more? Something helpful?… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share
“You can’t be just a scribe, or a wizard. Nameless God,” he cried, raking a hand through his hair. “I wish they had never… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“It had been different when I was the princess. Then I had looked at his flirtations with other girls and at least told myself… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“If I thought being kissed by Tyr had been what kissing was all about, I had been wrong. This kiss trampled Tyr's kiss, threw… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I had worried that he might think of me differently, once he learned about my new powers. That the thought of being accidentally roasted… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“He wouldn’t have forgotten. It might be too much the fear of losing me so much that he had withdrawn his heart to protect… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I love you, Sinda,” he said, not shakily but with certainty. “I have for--oh, years--before I even knew that I did. I loved you… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
“The day they came to tell me, I was in one of the gardens with Kiernan, trying to decipher a three-hundred-year-old map of the… — Eilis O'Neal Copy Share Image
